Dedicated to the use, promotion and organization of traditional Catholic liturgy in the Diocese of Ossory, Ireland.
All Masses announced are in accordance with the Roman Rite no later than the 1962 Missal.

Pope Benedict XVI

"Beauty... is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God Himself and His revelation."

(Pope Benedict XVI, Sacramentum Caritatis, 35)

28 December 2017

Low Mass: 31st December - Sunday within the Octave of Christmas

Sunday within the Octave of Christmas Sunday 31st December at 5pm St. Patrick's Church, College Rd., Kilkenny Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Act of Entrustment and Consecration of Priests to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Benedict XVI on the Litrugy

“The Church stands and falls with the Liturgy. When the adoration of the divine Trinity declines, when the faith no longer appears in its fullness in the Liturgy of the Church, when man’s words, his thoughts, his intentions are suffocating him, then faith will have lost the place where it is expressed and where it dwells. For that reason, the true celebration of the Sacred Liturgy is the centre of any renewal of the Church whatever.”

"The Holy Mass, celebrated in the respect of the liturgical norms and with a fitting appreciation of the richness of the signs and gestures, fosters and promotes the growth of Eucharistic faith. In the Eucharistic celebration we do not invent something, but we enter into a reality that precedes us, more than that, which embraces heaven and earth and, hence, also the past, the future and the present."

"This universal openness, this encounter with all the sons and daughters of God is the grandeur of the Eucharist: we go to meet the reality of God present in the body and blood of the Risen One among us. Hence, the liturgical prescriptions dictated by the Church are not external things, but express concretely this reality of the revelation of the body and blood of Christ and thus the prayer reveals the faith according to the ancient principle 'lex orandi – lex credendi."

"And because of this we can say "the best catechesis on the Eucharist is the Eucharist itself well celebrated" (Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis," No. 64)."It is necessary that in the liturgy the transcendent dimension emerge with clarity, that of the mystery, of the encounter with the Divine, which also illumines and elevates the "horizontal," that is the bond of communion and of solidarity that exists between all those who belong to the Church."

"In fact, when the latter prevails, the beauty, profundity and importance of the mystery celebrated is fully understood. Dear brothers in the priesthood, to you the bishop has entrusted, on the day of your priestly Ordination, the task to preside over the Eucharist. Always have at heart the exercise of this mission: celebrate the divine mysteries with intense interior participation, so that the men and women of our City can be sanctified, put into contact with God, absolute truth and eternal love."

About Us

We are an association of Catholics in the Diocese of Ossory (Kilkenny), who organise and promote the traditional liturgy of the Church in accordance with the Roman Rite liturgical books no later than those of 1962.

Dante Alighieri

A warning to those who remain 'neutral' to the teaching of the Church - "non furon ribelli né fur fedeli" - those who neither rebelled against nor were faithful to God are located inside the gate of Hell. (Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 3)

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Servant of God Ven. Pope Pius XII

St. Pius V, pray for us.

Prayer to St. Pius V for the protection of the liturgy (click image above)

Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna

Presbytery Mosaic: Sacrifice. The right wall shows three Old Testament figures who made sacrifices to God: Abel with his perfect lamb, Melchizedek at an altar with his bread, and Abraham with his son Isaac. The theme of sacrifice is related to the Eucharist, which was performed at the high altar beneath the mosaic.